Movie
Tom Sawyer
Overview
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-03-15
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Family, Music, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, Reader's Digest, Apjac International
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Johnny Whitaker as Tom Sawyer
- Celeste Holm as Tia Polly
- Warren Oates as Muff Potter
- Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn
- Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher
- Lucille Benson as Widder Douglas
- Henry Jones as Senhor Dobbins
- Noah Keen as Juiz Thatcher
- Dub Taylor as Clayton
- Richard Eastham as Doc Robinson
- Joshua Hill Lewis as Primo Sidney
- Susan Joyce as Prima Mary
Crew
- Don Taylor - Director
- Richard M. Sherman - Screenplay
- Robert B. Sherman - Screenplay
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